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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Assiniboine Park Zoo held an entire weekend of activities for International Polar Bear Day, which will be taking place Monday. The weekend allowed the zoo to not only mark the occasion but to raise awareness about the important role modern zoos play …
Read More »Ontario legislators set to return to Queen’s Park with health reform on agenda
The Ontario legislature is set to resume sitting today after a two-month winter break that began in December. The province is expected to introduce legislation containing heath reforms promised last month. The legislation will include allowing private clinics to perform more surgical procedures and diagnostic tests among other changes designed …
Read More »Parks Canada seeing ‘three-fold increase’ in abandoned pets at Toronto area park
Parks Canada has issued a plea for people to stop abandoning their pets and exotic animals after a three-fold increase at Rouge National Urban Park in recent years. In a statement to Global News, the government agency says in addition to domestic dogs, park staff are seeing rabbits, cats, reptiles …
Read More »Kingston city council delays eviction of people camped near Integrated Care Hub and Belle Park – Kingston
Kingston city council voted 8-5 in favour of delaying the eviction of the residents around the Integrated Care Hub until March 21. Multiple delegates spoke out against the city’s eviction of the unhoused residents at the Integrated Care Hub, with some speaking passionately about the work that the hub has …
Read More »Kevin Klein sworn in as MLA for Kirkfield Park – Winnipeg
Kevin Klein is now officially a member of the Manitoba Legislature. The former Winnipeg city councillor and third-place finisher in the city’s recent mayoral race, was officially sworn in as MLA for Kirkfield Park Friday. Read more: PC’s reclaim Kirkfield Park seat in narrow byelection victory Read More PC’s reclaim …
Read More »Manitoba’s police watchdog investigates shooting west of Polo Park in Winnipeg
Manitoba’s police watchdog is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened west of Polo Park on Saturday evening. News Source link
Read More »Alberta provincial park designated as geological heritage site by UNESCO, international scientists
Six Canadian sites — one of which is in Alberta and one just outside — have been recognized internationally as places that contribute to understanding the earth and its history. B.C.’s Burgess Shale and Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park were designated as international geological heritage sites by UNESCO and the International …
Read More »City pays $3.1M for additional land near WinSport for future park
A recently released document shows the City of Calgary has paid two people $3.1 million for land that will be added to its planned Paskapoo Slopes park. That park is to be just east of WinSport and south of the new Trinity Hills residential/commercial development along the Trans-Canada Highway. When city …
Read More »After 50 years, westslope cutthroat trout return to lake in Banff National Park
For the first time in 50 years, westslope cutthroat trout are swimming in Hidden Lake again — a feat of conservation that Parks Canada experts have worked on for more than a decade to achieve. Nestled high up in the Skoki Valley of Banff National park, specialists laboured through trial and …
Read More »New park in honour of Sask. RCMP officer killed in line of duty ‘amazing’ tribute, father says
The father of an RCMP officer killed in the line of duty in Saskatchewan last summer says a new park in his son’s honour is an “amazing” tribute. Indian Head RCMP Const. Shelby Patton was killed on duty on June 12, 2021, while conducting a traffic stop in Wolseley, a …
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